m20bi wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm building a WebDAV/DeltaV playground for a consultant on a Linux box of
> his -- part-time job for this part-time student. On my personal Gateway (W98
> SE), I use the ZoneAlarm freeware because I have a cable modem and the
> Gateway is always connected to the Interne
I've copied this program "memtest" onto a floppy. I would like to be
able to use this program with any computer. My idea was to boot off the
redhat installation disk selecting "rescue" then mount and run memtest
from the floppy. After I booted into the cd I changed to the /usr/bin
directory and
Sunnanvind Briling wrote:
>
> I haven't had any problems with this on other distros, so this might or mightn't be
>debian specific.
>
> The problem is that updating lilo doesn't seem to work.
>
> The labels I currently have running, the ones I can choose between at boot, are
>pglfb and h. The
Sunnanvind Briling wrote:
>
> kent wrote:
>I don't know why the labels wouldn't change. Have your pointed
>lilo.conf to your new kernel as well? Why don't you post your
>lilo.conf so we can take a look.
>
> Yeah, I used the debian kernel-package to change my lilo.conf, but I checke
Conor Daly wrote:
>
> Any i386 hardware gurus out there?
>
> I've got a 4-port (Hardware only) Data switch for monitor, keyboard and
> mouse that I'm using to share monitor etc between three Intel / AMD
> machines running a mixture of M$ Windows, BeOS and RH6.2. Both keyboard
> and mouse are PS
Bek Oberin wrote:
>
> Jenn Vesperman wrote:
> >Have your own computers. Have your own computer desks. Build a LAN,
> >know how to maintain it, and let the router split the packets. Have a
> >router - use the 486 you bought from your cousin's friend who's had it
> >on a shelf for y
I tried the RH list and didn't get any takers. Was wondering if
anyone here had any ideas?
I'm trying to compile some of the test programs ncurses provides
in order to learn how ncurses works. I thought playing with
these programs would be a good way to learn. I've placed
/usr/include/signal.h
Marisa Mack wrote:
>
> it seems like maybe you are missing a link...
>
> /usr/include/asm should be a link to /usr/src/linux/include/asm
>
> which will then link to asm-(arch) in the same dir. you can check
> the links by doing an "ls -l" of /usr/include/asm. you shouldn't
> have to move any of
On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 10:11:55PM -0600, S. Stubbs wrote:
>
>
>
> Hey, it has been a while now and I have not been able to mount my
> CDROM drive. I have mdk 7.2. I have one cdrom drive, it is recognized
> correctly in the hardware.
> It is IOMEGA Zip650 cd writer drive which is an internal ID
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 07:34:48AM -0800, RobertWichert wrote:
> Speaking of books...
>
> Does anyone know of a book on Red Hat Linux 7? I have Linux 7
> installed, but it seems to be just different enough from 6 that the step
> by step instructions (yes, I am new to Linux) for 6 are not enough
On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 10:46:38AM +, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 01:03:50PM -0600 or thereabouts, ktb wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 07:34:48AM -0800, RobertWichert wrote:
> > > Speaking of books...
> > > Does anyone know of a book on Red H
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 11:26:09PM -0500, Kath wrote:
> Ok, my friend installed Red Hat 6.2 and has decided she hates linux. Oh well. Lets
>not lecture her on Linux vs. Windows.
>
> What is the easiest way for her to delete her linux partition and create a FAT32 one
>so she can reinstall Wi
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:19:25AM -0800, Lothan wrote:
> Are there any good references or how-tos on the net for setting up samba? I
> have a Windows 2000 box (my primary development system) and a Redhat Linux 7
> system connected via Ethernet cards (using DHCP) to a Linksys EtherFast
> Cable/DSL
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 06:08:56PM -0600, Chou, Mary wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm a Linux newbie who's using Red Hat 7.
> I realize this is slightly off the subject, but I am *really* new
>
> If I want to share an SDSL line between 2 computers, what are my options?
> I know customarily, people use rou
On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 06:26:38AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm submitting this to techtalk, I suppose, because I'm asking for any
> advice (technical or not) on getting an install-fest going.
>
> Anyone got any good advice? Things to avoid, problems overcome... etc.
>
I haven't re
On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 09:35:55AM -0800, Dennis Wheeler wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> After more than a year, I still consider my self new to Linux. But it always
> seems to be the little things that trip me up the most. For example, I've
> only learned recently how to remove filenames with leading das
On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 01:45:20PM -0800, Dennis Wheeler wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > rm "file[2].txt"
> > will remove the offending file.
> > kent
> >
> >
>
> That's true, quoting the filename will let me remove it, but in this case I
> don't want to remove the file, I want to rename it by removin
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 01:17:11PM -0800, Kath wrote:
> What is a good email client for Linux (KDE in Corel)?
>
> I need one that is basically MS Outlook Express. I haven't been able to
> find one that lets me have mutliple accounts with unique pop and smtp
> servers. Also, Mozilla (M18 .deb)
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 02:42:24PM -0800, Kath wrote:
> Ok, dumb question :)
>
> I'm on Corel, which I know is a Debian based distro, but how the hell do
> I upgrade to KDE2?
>
> I tried apt-get install task-kde, but I get a ton of errors that it
> couldn't find certain packages. And when I l
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 02:28:37PM -0600, ktb wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 02:42:24PM -0800, Kath wrote:
> > Ok, dumb question :)
> >
> > I'm on Corel, which I know is a Debian based distro, but how the hell do
> > I upgrade to KDE2?
> >
> > I
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 05:34:42PM -0500, Caitlyn Martin wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
>
> > OK I found the KDE debian source -
> > http://kde.tdyc.com/
> > Looks like 2.0 is in Woody.
>
> You would be better off with 2.0.1. It's got some bug fixes in it, as well as
> better localization/globalization
I've got a question since we are kind of on the dns subject. I read
sometime back that if you have a domain name lets say "domain.com" that
you can add as many names as you want to that domain by preceding it
with "whatever." Like 'fast.domain.com' for example or
'slow.domain.com' My question a
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 04:23:20AM -0600, Mary P. Wood wrote:
> Would anyone care to share their recommendations on
> favorite books/CDs/online courses/etc. to cram, train, and
> hopefully pass A+ Certification? Also, correct me if I'm
> wrong, but I've heard that it's supposed to say to the worl
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:45:40PM -0500, Brian Sweeney wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Has anyone had memory problems with tar? I've noticed that when creating a
> decent size tar file (750M) that includes a whole BUNCH of files linux runs
> really low on memory, and it doesn't seem to come back.
>
>
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 03:24:33PM -0800, I guess I'm an underwater thing wrote:
>
> Hi folks -
> I'm new to the list, but an old timer in the unix world (solaris atleast).
>
> I recently installed linux to set up a web server, and when I changed the
> monitor resolution, I lost my mouse cursor!
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 04:06:15PM -0800, I guess I'm an underwater thing wrote:
>
>
> > Not much info to go on. Is this a console mouse? If so take a look at
> > gpm. Is it in X that you lost the mouse? If so look at the backup
> > XF86Config file and compare it to your current file (pointe
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:16:38PM -0600, ktb wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:44:03PM -0500, Kath wrote:
> > I had to reinstall Windows ME and lost my boot manager, so I can no longer get to
>Mandrake 7.2. Is there anyway to get it back? A rescue disk I could make or
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:44:03PM -0500, Kath wrote:
> I had to reinstall Windows ME and lost my boot manager, so I can no longer get to
>Mandrake 7.2. Is there anyway to get it back? A rescue disk I could make or
>something?
>
Make a boot-disk for ME (control panel, add/remove programs, st
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:33:29PM -0600, ktb wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:16:38PM -0600, ktb wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:44:03PM -0500, Kath wrote:
> > > I had to reinstall Windows ME and lost my boot manager, so I can no longer get
>to Mandrake 7.2. Is t
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 09:03:12AM -0600, WolfRyder wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> My new job is so much fun! I'm the new Webmaster where I work and have
> slowly learning my way around my new job. I know the server is a UNIX
> system, but my husband assures me it's enough like Linux to be almost
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 09:44:55AM -0800, Dennis Wheeler wrote:
>
> Is there some series of commands I can enter at a shell prompt to
> dynamically change the title bar of an XTerm session?
>
> I already know the basics of how to change the titlebar as described in
> the bash-how-to, and have ex
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:27:41AM -0700, Wood, Mary wrote:
> Putting out a general distress call to see if anyone
> else out there has run into a similar problem ... and
> was able to do something about it besides convert the
> PC into a cat litter box.
>
> I'm working on a Dell Optiplex GX200 r
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 12:58:39PM -0800, Eric R. Turner wrote:
> I had a similar problem. One of my IDE hard drives started making some
> clicking noises. The OS (Linux) was still working OK, but I shut down just
> in case. I decided to pull the offending drive out of the computer, but
> first I
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 07:46:01PM -0700, Wood, Mary wrote:
> It's alive!!!
>
> When Kent sent out his re;, I'd tried everything in his
> text except I was awaiting a new processor from Dell.
> Sure enough, the new processor did the trick. On the
> one hand, it's so much easier on my fragile n
On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 08:09:01AM -0500, David Merrill wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was running red-carpet and it ate up ALL my available ram. I killed
> it. Now I can get no responsiveness at the console. I am logged in
> from another machine right now so I can send this mail.
>
> I suspect that the oom
On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 09:16:25AM -0500, David Merrill wrote:
>
> It's Ximian's new update agent. Works very much like dselect. I know
> the debian folks have been planning an update to dselect, but it seems
> Ximian has beat them to it. And it supports both rpm and deb packages.
> It is pretty
On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 04:17:54PM -0500, Michelle Murrain wrote:
> On Friday 09 March 2001 04:56 pm, Jen Hamilton wrote:
> > Rachel,
> >
> > I found some other interesting information about debian-kde here
> > http://www.tdyc.com/archive/debian-tutorial/develop.html.
> >
> > It says "KDE 2.x is n
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 10:33:53PM +, Rachel Andrew wrote:
> Hi
>
> thanks to being pointed in the right direction here, I did lots of reading
> and now have x and KDE running on my debian install.
>
> One teeny problem is that I cant get this monitor to run at anything more
> than 640x480
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 01:32:58PM +0200, Helen Katz wrote:
> Hi,
> We have 14 machines which have this huge disk.
> We are running Linux RH 6.1 with Kernel 2.2.14 .
> Some of the machines are giving I/O error even on the
> system partition , like /sbin or /etc and
> the disk is sometime noisy .
>
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 04:30:42PM +0200, Helen Katz wrote:
> > I've never dealt with disks even half as large. I will be more
> > curious that helpful here I'm sure but -
> > Could you post the actual error messages your are getting and where the
> > errors are being written to? Also this 'nois
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 02:44:10PM -0800, Puff Devil wrote:
Content-Description: kernel trouble.txt
> I tried typing the easier to use "make menuconfig" and got
> errors as noted:
>
> [root@localhost linux]# make menuconfig
> rm -f include/asm
> ( cd in
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 10:02:51PM -0500, A Kozic wrote:
> This is a non-linux-specific Q, but hell, I'll give it a shot.
>
> I got a frantic call from my hunny today... Apparently Starcraft crashed
> on him, and when he tried to start it back up, the CD drive wouldn't
> respond.
>
> So I try to
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 09:20:14AM -0800, jennyw wrote:
> I'm using an Microsoft's optical mouse (Intellieye), and am having trouble
> getting it to work well with X. In particular, I can't get the mouse to
> emulate the middle button (I tried using Emulate3Buttons). I'm using Debian
> 2.2 which
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 07:41:37AM -0400, Walt wrote:
> Well, I'm working on securing up my server
> a bit. I did a portscan and came up with the
> following unlabled ports:
>
> gandalf [10.0.0.1] 6001 (?) open
> gandalf [10.0.0.1] 5901 (?) open
> gandalf [10.0.0.1] 5801 (?) open
> gandalf [10.0.
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 06:19:41PM +0100, Damian Brazendale wrote:
> I have a new P.C. (Dixons E Machine 866 dvd) running windows M.E. With the Pentium
>lll 866 Mhz processor. The P.C. came pre-installed with Microsoft Works and this
>suite works well with factory set conditions, with no other
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 07:46:41PM -0400, email wrote:
>
> Hi everybody.
>
> I've finally done it. I've removed my Windows NT4 server and replaced it
> with a Linux server. Yay.
>
> It currently handles all of my internet sharing and NAT, but I'm having
> problems setting up Samba.
>
> This
On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 07:00:32PM -0400, Kath wrote:
> I'm running a rather old version of exim (hence vulnerable) and was wondering where
>I could find an updated .deb of it.
>
> The latest release is 3.22 and I only have 3.12-10.
>
> I tried apt-get upgrade and specifically apt-get install e
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 06:08:57PM +0200, Gina Lanik wrote:
> On Tue, 01 May 2001 18:10:08 CDT, ktb writes:
> [...]
> >Are you positive your version is vulnerable to whatever whatever you
> >think it is? If you have a security line in your /etc/apt/sources.list
> >and r
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:30:48AM -0500, Judith Elaine Bush wrote:
> I'm changing the host name on my debian potato box (since dynamic dns
> died at justlinux.com -- i've gone with zoneedit.com).
>
> When I last set up the box, I just answered an installation question
> about the host name. Doe
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 10:00:36AM -0400, Kath wrote:
> Whats this mean?
>
It means you have a problem between the keyboard and chair;)
Sorry couldn't resist:)
kent
--
From seeing and seeing the seeing has become so exhausted
First line of "The Panther" - R. M. Rilke
_
On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 04:43:05PM +, Subba Rao wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to the Video on Linux area. Is there an FAQ for this field?
> My plans on Linux is to add the capability to view video(VCR) and TV/cable.
> Is there a recommended Video card that I should invest in? What are the video
Someone mentioned the window manager PWM the other day. There is an
option in pwm.conf for grouping Netscape. I was wondering if anyone has
gotten any other applications to group like xterm or gnome-terminal?
I've tried various instances of -
winprop "Xterm.xterm" {
frame 10
}
but can't ge
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 08:13:56AM +1000, Mary Gardiner wrote:
> On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 01:50:28PM -0500, ktb wrote:
> > Someone mentioned the window manager PWM the other day. There is an
> > option in pwm.conf for grouping Netscape. I was wondering if anyone has
>
I was wondering if this is an attempt at break in or just a scan? This
person has run this on two separate occasions. Looks like they are
trying to do something to an NT server. Doesn't do them much good on a
Linux box;)
oz:/var/log# grep /scripts/ httpd/*
httpd/access_log:128.242.217.204 - -
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 12:48:24PM -0400, Walt wrote:
> Raven quoth (sorry :-):
> > Apt-get will update a package's dependencies intelligently. So if
> >you need a bunch of new crypt libraries with your SSH or SSL, apt get
> >will tell you that, and often get them for you.
>
> Sounds like ap
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 10:29:27AM -0700, Brian Sweeney wrote:
>
> > It is so much nicer to -
> > # apt-get update
> > # apt-get upgrade
> > Which downloads, installs security updates and restarts any services
> > upgraded...
>
> Well, when RedHat's up2date software (the things that links into t
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 05:37:49PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi, Brian, and everyone else,
>
> > Well, when RedHat's up2date software (the things that links into their
> > RedHatNetwork; sounds similar to the above functionality) actually WORKS,
> > it's pretty cool. Problem is, about
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 05:39:49AM -0500, Julie wrote:
> Help!
>
> I'm trying to set up samba with my Windows 98 box as
> a client. On the windoze machine I do all of the Network
> Neighborhood crud so I can see the machine. When I
> click on it's name I get prompted for a password for
> file:/
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 06:10:06PM +0100, Conor Daly wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 07:19:39AM -0500 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
> ktb thought:
> > On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 05:39:49AM -0500, Julie wrote:
> > > Help!
> > >
> > > I'm trying to se
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 12:13:28AM +0100, Conor Daly wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 12:40:29PM -0500 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
> ktb thought:
> > On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 06:10:06PM +0100, Conor Daly wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 07:19:39AM -0500 or so it i
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:43:44PM -0400, David Merrill wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My mouse suddenly died on me. Occasionally I can get it to move, but
> then it moves jerkily and coasts to the side of the screen. All 3
> buttons still work. I've tried two other meeces which both do the same
> thing, w
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:50:32PM -0500, ktb wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:43:44PM -0400, David Merrill wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My mouse suddenly died on me. Occasionally I can get it to move, but
> > then it moves jerkily and coasts to the side of the scre
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 03:48:32PM +0100, Conor Daly wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 10:53:21AM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
> James A. Sutherland thought:
> > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 23:40:57 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > >David Merrill wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> My mouse s
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 12:37:05PM +0100, Carla Schroder wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Since yesterday, Freshmeat, Slashdot, Sourceforge, and Thinkgeek are nowhere
> to be found. Anyone know what's going on? Linux.com is up, but there are no
> news or updates. Maybe them bad crackers got in again? Someon
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 04:40:29PM -0400, David Merrill wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a good web interface for my mail system? I have
> imap enabled already, so as system using that would be fine.
> The sysadmins at my new job are pretty paranoid about security, and
> almost all the ports are clos
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 01:53:51PM -0400, Michelle Murrain wrote:
> At 12:04 PM -0400 7/5/01, coldfire wrote:
> > > I have an X problem (I always get nailed with X problems). I did a
> >> new Progeny Debian install (which uses XFree86 4.0, which detected my
> >> Video card - a 3D labs permedia,
On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 02:07:45AM -0400, coldfire wrote:
> > Start X from the command line like so -
> > $ startx > X.out 2>&1
> > or to just view the output of X -
> > $ X > X.out 2>&1
>
> by default, X dumps logs to /var/log/XFree86.0.log ... it should mention
> that if you get the error "Fat
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